Following yesterday’s story The News contacted supermarkets to ask what their policy on refusing to sell alcohol was – especially when it comes to parents who are with their children and are buying booze.

Tesco's operates a Think 25 policy - so will challenge anyone who looks under the age of 25 for ID.

They would only challenge and adult who is with a child when buying alcohol if they had reason to believe they may consume the alcohol.

A Tesco spokesman said: 'If they were to give the impression that they were going to consume the alcohol, if they said "I'm looking forward to drinking that" or something along those lines, then we would ask for the second person's ID.'

Asda similarly operate a Challenge 25 policy – meaning that if staff think a person looks under the age of 25 they will ask for ID.

When it comes to challenging an adult with a child, an Asda spokesman said: ‘We would not refuse to serve cutomers alcohol unless there is very ovious evidence that they were buying it for someone under 18. If a child in the queue said ‘I can’t wait to drink this’ then we would ask for ID.’

Aldi operates a Challenge 25 policy.

Yesterday responding to the complaint’s from the family Lidl confirmed they operate a Challenge 25 policy.

A spokesperson said: ‘We support our colleagues in using their own judgement to uphold our 'Think 25' policy and, where there is any element of doubt, making the right decision.’

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